To celebrate the Welsh launch of WWF's One Planet campaign footprint calculator WWF Cymru unveiled the environmental impact of their lifestyles at Llangollen International Eisteddfod.

The footprint volunteers used the first Ecological Footprint calculator at www.wwf.org.uk/calculator to provide individually tailored steps to help reduce their footprint. The volunteers answered the lifestyle quiz questions and discovered how many planets their footprint measured.

The five other footprinters included; Kate Hamer from Welshpool, Powys; Ruth Mullineux from Canton; Lucy Tibbot from Splott, Cardiff; Marc Richards from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion and Richard Walton, Cardiff Bay.

Branwen Gwyn a well known face on Welsh television and a talented musician discovered that her lifestyle requires 2.57 planets which is below the UK average of 3.14 planets. Branwen said: "There is so much we can do in our everyday lives to reduce our impact on the environment. Simple steps like cutting down on using our cars for short journeys and switching our televisions off from standby can help make all the difference."

"WWF's online footprint calculator is a great way to help us all discover how we can lead greener lifestyle. Through making the right choices as individuals we can help protect our environment in Wales and around the world."

Terry Waite, CBE also joined WWF Cymru at their stand to show his support for their footprint calculator. Mr Waite, who is an ambassodor for WWF-UK, also learned more about how this new online tool can measue and help reduce poeple's impact on the planet.

Morgan Parry, Head of WWF Cymru: "If everyone lived the same way we do in Wales we would need three planets to sustain us. Our over-consumption is leading directly to climate change, species extinction and the collapse of fisheries.

"But now we know we are having a profound impact on our Earth we can do something about it. We can solve this problem by moving to different - but better, healthier and happier - ways of living which we call One Planet lifestyles."

"Llangollen Eisteddfod with its international reach is the ideal event to launch our calculator which aims to generate greater awareness of the need to reduce our environmental impact not only in Wales but globally," added Mr Parry.

WWF Cymru believes that the responsibility for the two extra planets of consumption lies not only with consumers but also with government and business. It says that through making the right choices an individual can cut one planet's worth of consumption as Mr Parry explains:

"Consumers can reduce one planet worth of resources through taking actions such as recycling; reducing the volume of goods they buy or by using less oil and gas to heat their homes. But the second planet lies in the hands of Governments and the policies they introduce to reduce carbon emissions from our homes, transport and food."